Tourist and Minor Railways
Grand Est
Fort Simserhof on the Maginot Line. Munitions
entrance showing narrow gauge railway
Ø year round service;
☼ seasonal (mainly summer);
Δ seasonal (mainly winter);
§
regular service trains on lines of special tourist interest
V
(vapeur) steam locomotives;
D
diesel locomotives;
A
(autorails) diesel railcars;
E
electric
N
standard gauge (1435mm);
M
metre gauge (1000mm);
E
other narrow gauge
(E60 600mm,
E50 500mm, ...)
R with rack throughout,
r with rack sections
- Chemin de
Fer Forestier d’Abreschviller
- ☼VDE70 Abreschviller to Grand Soldat (6km)
(Site in French)
- Tourisme Ferroviaire
de la Brie Champenoise et l'Omois
- ☼AN
Montmirail to Artognes (Hauts-de-France) on the SNCF/Captrain freight
line (8.8km). Possible future extension to Mézy, a further 16.9km.
(Site in French)
- Train de la Canner
- ☼VAN
Vigy to Hombourg-Budange (12km) (Site in French)
- Minièresbunn
- ☼EE70 former mining railway from Fond-de-Gras,
Luxembourg, enters France for a few hundred metres to reach
Saulnes
- Chemin de Fer
Touristique du Rhin
- ☼VN
Vogelsheim (Neuf Brisach) to Sans-Souci (15km), on a private freight
line following the banks of the Rhine. An option of a round trip
leaving Vogelsheim by train and returning from Sans-Souci by
river boat is offered
- Chemin de Fer
Touristique du Sud des Ardennes
- ☼AN Attigny to Challerange (30.8km) or Attigny to
Amagne (9.5km) on the SNCF freight line. Both sections may be travelled
in a single day. Occasional excursions are offered to other destinations
(Site in French)
- Train Thur
Doller
- ☼VN
Cernay Saint-André to Sentheim (13.6km)
- Chemin de Fer
du Val de Passey
- xVE60
Malzeville: line about 1km in length. x
Open to the public on certain days only, but may be visited on other
days by prior arrangement
- Maginot Line
- ☼EE60
several of the forts of the Maginot line were equipped with extensive
underground railways, which may be visited today:
Vélorails
- Vélo-rail de la Meuse
- Ø Consenvoye to Forges sur Meuse (3km)
(Site in French)
- Cyclorail des Trois Vallées
- ☼ Chantraines to Bologne or Chantraines
to Andelot, a total of 15km (No website located at
present)
- Vélorails Val de Mortagne
- Ø Magnières to Deinviller (3km) or
Magnières to Lamath (15km). Shorter journeys are possible, or if
energetic both sections can be covered in a single day
(Site in French)
- Les Vélorails de Vigy
- ☼ Vigy to Aboncourt (9km). A shorter
option is available (Site in French)